November 2013

Jason Hartman has heard it again and again—young people suffering from poor financial planning because they didn’t learn anything about it in high school or college. It’s the reason Young Wealth exists, but it’s a sad fact that today’s students graduate from programs with a severe lack...

This year is quickly drawing to a close (Jason Hartman can hardly believe it’s the end of November!) and that’s got a lot of people thinking about their investment portfolio. Maybe you’re already knee-high in the investment game, or maybe you’re just beginning to think about ways...

You’d think one of the primary advantages to using digital coinage like bitcoins would be they’re impossible to lose or accidentally throw away. If you think that, you’d be wrong. Just ask James Howells from the UK. This young man squirreled away 7,500 bitcoins on his computer...

You’ve probably noticed that nobody (outside the food service industry) carries cash anymore. We’re a society set on plastic, and the credit and debit card has long replaced the days of paper currency. But there are still some choices, small grey areas in between paper and plastic...

Homeownership has often been one of the key components of the “American Dream”—nine of every ten people achieve it in their lifetime. For many, like Jason Hartman, the dream of homeownership extends past the self and into investment opportunities. For others, it means buying a house and...

It’s a sad truth but one we must face—a large number of young adults are finding themselves without jobs. Many of these individuals are recent college or high school graduates, young people looking to change careers, or people forced to relocate for one reason or another. Unemployment...

It’s hard to ignore the edge technology gives us in establishing sound financial practices. For most, the days of balancing a checkbook are long gone, replaced instead by frequent check-ins on your bank’s online platform. It’s become increasingly simple to check a balance, transfer money, and pay...

You’ve heard Jason Hartman talk a lot about how to build credit and make sound financial choices. What we don’t’ talk much about is the ways in which you may be destroying your financial portfolio. Credit is difficult to build and oh-so-simple to ruin, so make sure...

One of the most frustrating things you can experience is a paycheck that doesn’t go far enough because of past overdraft fees. It creates a perpetual cycle that leaves young people in the red, living paycheck to paycheck. In 2012, banks collected over $32 billion in overdraft...

If you’re a financially savvy young person, you’ve likely heard of Groupon, a service launched five years designed to offer deep discounts on goods and services. Much like a gift certificate, the Groupon is purchased in advance and offers something like $20 worth of food for a...